Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6605

Processor comparisons 28-06-2021

   If you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6605 tests and decide which is better for games or simple use for programming, streaming, rendering, video editing, machine learning. Here you can find all information from real streaming and video editing tests or different benchmarks. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software such as UserBenchmark, MATLAB, VeraCrypt, DaVinci Resolve Studio, PassMark, PCMark 10, Prime95, RealBench, SuperPi, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, WPrime, 7zip, Furmark, Gears 5, Blender, AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, 3DMark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Red Dead Redemption 2
DOOM: Eternal
Watch Dogs Legion
Fallout 76
Cyberpunk 2077
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Last Man Standing
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Apex Legends
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Valorant
Valheim
Overwatch
Rainbow Six Siege
Halo Infinite
Fortnite
Grand Theft Auto V
Borderlands 3
Death Stranding

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6605 or Intel Pentium Silver N6000.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

Pentium Gold G6605

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

Pentium Gold G6605

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which CPU comparisons were performed: DOTA 2A, Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx, Metro Exodus, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), League of Legends (LOL), Control, Monster Hunter World, Ghostrunner, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Microsoft Flight Simulator, NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Forza Horizon 4, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.1	90.4
Valorant	102.4	102.7
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.5
Apex Legends	96.2	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	76.8	77.0
Overwatch	82.9	83.2
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.9
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.3
Warzone	79.8	80.1
Assassin's Creed	86.0	86.3
Valheim	85.0	85.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver N6000

385%

Pentium Gold G6605

43%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium Silver N6000 is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G6605 as it consumes less power: 6W vs. 58W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, streaming, programming, video rendering or video editing, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Cinbench 15 Single-core	103	174
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	342	436
Cinbench 20 Single-core	212	432
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	788	983
Cinbench 23 Single-core	676	641
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2502	2168

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Single-Core	1529	2644
Multi-Core	4044	4284

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Single-Core	693	756
Multi-Core	2029	2318

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	October 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1338	FCLGA1200
Core name	Jasper Lake	Comet Lake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	7	10
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz
Frequency	1.1 MHz	4.3 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	58 W
Memory type	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory	16 Gb	128 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6605 is 74% better than Pentium Silver N6000 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6000 has 2 more core than Pentium Gold G6605. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is better: 6
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6605 is better: 26
However, it should be understood that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G6605 before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Silver N6000 specs and review.

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Gold G6605 specs and review.